what's a good sound card?

[legend of zelda]

Nope. The XtremeMusic only lacks X-RAM, I/O Hub, Remote Control and some software. Otherwise it is the same as the other models, so the gaming difference is effectively nil.

well, that's mostly true, but that "some software" that it's missing would have an impact on gaming with newer games, but you can still game with it, so it's not completely useless in games. i'm sure you know this already, but with the x-fi's with the complete software package you have 3 different modes to choose from for doing specific tasks, and they are entertainment mode, gaming mode, and audio creation mode. and i'm to understand the xtreme music card only comes with the entertainment mode, and some other software is missing too. it doesnt seem like this would matter, but when i play newer games with my fatal1ty in entertainment mode, it wont let me put the sound setting to the highest. 2 examples would be battlefield 2 and prey. in bf2 it will only let me put the sound settings to ultra high when im in gaming mode, and in prey i can only use the openAL drivers in gaming mode. god i hope this isn't a problem only i'm having, and you actually can do this stuff while in entertainment mode. anyways, i guess before i was just trying to say the xtreme music card lacks many good hardware and software features that the others have, it just didn't come out right.

 

[Clements]

i'm sure you know this already, but with the x-fi's with the complete software package you have 3 different modes to choose from for doing specific tasks, and they are entertainment mode, gaming mode, and audio creation mode. and i'm to understand the xtreme music card only comes with the entertainment mode, and some other software is missing too.

Where did you hear this? The X-Fi XtremeMusic offers Gaming Mode, Entertainment Mode and Audio Creation Mode as standard like the entire X-Fi line. The missing software that is included with the Elite Pro only are all to do with content creation and not gaming.

http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=208&product=14066

 

[mongo51983]

Um.....not to be mean but what does this topic have to do with high res texture projects?

 

[legend of zelda]

Where did you hear this? The X-Fi XtremeMusic offers Gaming Mode, Entertainment Mode and Audio Creation Mode as standard like the entire X-Fi line. The missing software that is included with the Elite Pro only are all to do with content creation and not gaming.

http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=208&product=14066

hehe, yeah i figured you were right about it, your never wrong. i could've sworn i read something like that in a magazine a month or so before the x-fi's came out though. maybe i did and they were wrong about it, or maybe it never happened at all, who cares. well, i guess those last few posts i was just ranting on about nothing then. at least i managed to make myself look like a dumbass..... again.

and mongo51983, your right, this should be in talk of the town or tech talk or something.

 

[SlimickGamer]

Um.....not to be mean but what does this topic have to do with high res texture projects?

Yeah! What does this topic have to do with High resolution textures projects?

Someone should move this topic so people wouldn't get confused. :bouncy: